[Vision2020] Year-end personal computer maintenance

[Tom Hansen]

I know where you're comin' from, Mr. Marcy.

I use four different storage devices for backup . . .

- Two 2-terabyte external hard-drives:  Long term temporary storage. (for stuff I may wanna hold on to for a long period, but not necessarily permanent.

- A virtually infinite quantity of labeled CDs/DVDs:  Permanent storage.

- Fifteen to twenty thumb-drives (each ranging in capacity from 8-GB to 32-GB): Easily portable storage.

- Online web directories:  Used primarily for temporary online linking and for downloading to an iPad if/when I'm on the road.

As far as reading material is concerned . . . anything political.

What can I say?  I'm a troublemaker.

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Courtesy of the September ?, 1990 issue of the Spokesman-Review.

Ask anyone.

Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares"
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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


On Dec 30, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Kenneth Marcy <kmmos1 at frontier.com> wrote:

> 
> Another year, another collection of bits and bytes, some of which might be better organized, or saved to other media, or discarded altogether.
> 
> Procedures, not just for accountants, but for everyone who operates a computer regularly, to backup important data, clean out temporary files, maintain storage media, etc., should be accomplished periodically, and the end of a calendar year is a good time to get them done.
> 
> I'm not going to post suggested details because of the diversity of systems extant, but I hope this reminder about the subject matter is helpful.
> 
> It's also as good a time as any, and maybe better than most, to physically change or add storage devices, memory capacity, and, of course, to vacuum out the dust bunny collection inside the system container.  Ahem.
> 
> Then as a reward for all your good work you may read Stephen King's novel Delores Claiborne, which also has dust bunnies.  (Are they under the bed?  If I put my leg over the edge . . . oh, no!)
> 
> 
> Ken
> 
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